Improvement in animal-pokes



M. H ARTM'AN.

- ANIMA -"Pom.

Patented m 2, .1876

WITNESSES N.PETERs, PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON, n c.

MILTON HARTMAN, OF SHARON CENTRE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN ANlMAL-POKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,747, dated May 2,1876 application filed March 10, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON HAR'IMAN, of Sharon Centre, in the county ofMedina and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pokes and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear,.and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it,reference bein g had to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to an improved animal- 'poke; and consists, first,of a novel means of attaching the bow to the stale, and also in a novel'means of fastening and unfastening the bow when it is desired to put itupon or remove it from the animal; third, in a "novel means forpreventing the stale from flying up, so as to be unavailable; fourth, ina novel spring mechanism, whereby as the stale is forced against a fenceor other obstacle the head-block will be carried up toward the bow,

and the jaggers be thrust into the animal, but

drawn'back as soon as the pressure on the stale is relieved; fifth, inthe whole mechanism combined as an improved animal-poke.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedanimal-poke. Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken through the bow, andcontaining the axes upon which the stale turns. Fig. 3 is a view of thepoke open, ready to be placed upon the animal. 7

A is the stale; B, the head-block; O, the jaggers, projecting into thehead-block, and attached to the spring-arm D. D are loops or fastenings,through which the spring-wire D passes to its secure fastening atD E isthe bow. F is a plate, fastenedto the bow, and covering the hinged rod,hinged fork, or jaw G. It will be seen that this plate F covers thehinge-rod securely, and yet forms a very strong and secure attachment,which is not liable to become foul in any-way. From the hinge jaw orfork Gr projects the stud or axle H, upon which the stale turns.v H isan annular groove cut in the stud H, and into which the -key-plate I,attached to the side of the stale, projects, so that it has two forks orarms which embrace the said stud or axle, and hold the stale firmly inits place, whether the bow be open or closed. The stud H also projectsthrough the free end of the bow, and is provided with another annulargroove, H whereby another key-plate, I, fastened to the bow, may embracethe stud, and thereby hold the bow firmly in place on the stud, andprevent it from opening. I prefer to make the key-plate I with a recess,1 whereby the shoulder 2" is formed nearer the ends of the embracingforks or arms, the object being that, when the key-plate I is forceddown into-position to lock the bow upon the stud H, the outward springof the bow will cause the head on the outer end of the stud H to setdown into the recess '5, so that any tendency to work-the keyplate Iforward is counteracted by the shoulders t" coming against head on theend of the stud H, so that the how can only be unfastened by firstspringing it slightly together, then raising the key-plate until thestud H is released from the throw in the key-plate I. The key-plates I Iare permitted to have suf- -ficient motion to free the stud, whendesired,

by means of slots J and set-screws j. It is therefore apparent that thisanimal-poke car-' ries its fastenings all securely attached to it, sothat there is no danger of losing the poke by unfastening, nor of losingthe fastening for the poke.

The spring D may be made of any suitable spring-wire of sufficientstrength, and it is evident that the spring may be made stronger orweaker by carrying the elbow D a less or greater distance downward. Iregard this as a very substantial, simple, and inexpensive springmechanism for the jaggers, and one that is not liable to get out oforder, and it is easily and readily repaired when out of order.

In order that the stale may not fly up too high, under anycircumstances, there may be a pin, K, extending from the top of thestale down through the same, and its end project into a circumferentialslot, K, in the stud H. This slot K may be only of sufficient length toallow the proper play for the stale, but to stop it, when it has raisedto a certain height, by

the pin K coming to the end of the slot.

vThe operation of this device is very simple. When it is desired to openthe poke, ready to place it upon an animal, the key-plate I is raiseduntil it frees the bow from the stud H; the stale is thenturned aroundout of the way 5 the bow is hooked on over the neck of the animal, andthe stale turned back again into its place; the key-plate I againslipped down, and the operation is completed.

It will be observed that the bow is made in a single piece, and thatthere are no places into which the mane of the animal, if it be a horse,can become entangled or torn.

It should be observed that I do not confine myself to employing the pinK and slot K, for it will seldom, if ever, be required. Nor do I confinemyself to making the key-plate I with the recess t and shoulder '11,because the keyplate alone will offer substantial protection, and,instead of embracing the end ofthe stud H by two arms of the key-plate,one arm alone, if forced down into an annular groove or other slot,would afford substantial protection; or the key-plate may be in thenature of a sliding pin, which will project down through a hole in thestud H, and so, also, of the key-plate I.

What I claim is 1. An animal-poke having a stale-supporting pivot withhinged forked extremity, substantially as shown, whereby the bow, whensprung at its free end, may be turned over and backward in a directline.

2. The combination, with the bow, crosshead, jaggers, and spring in ananimal-poke, of the forked pivot G,'su'pporting the'stale, substantiallyas and for the purpose shown.

3. The combination, withthe cross-head and jaggers, of the single springD, elbowed at D and passing from its rigid engagement 0n the cross-headdownward and backward through the clamping device D up to its union withsaid jaggers, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. vThe combination, with the bow and the stud H, provided with theannular groove H of the sliding key-plate I, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

5. The combination, with the bow and stud H with the annular groove H ofthe key-plate and recess 'i, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

6. The combination, with the bow, of the metallic plate F, hinge-rod,fork, or jaw G, and stud H, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

7. The combination, with the stale A and the stud H, provided with theannular groove H, of the key plate I, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

8. The combination, with the stale A and the stud H, of the pin K andthe circumferential slot K substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MILTON HARTMAN. Witnesses:

FRANCIS TOUMEY, JAMES P. WALSH.

